ENROLMENT
“Te manu e kai i te miro, nōna te ngahere. Te manu e kai i te mātauranga, nōna te ao.”
The bird that partakes of the miro berry, owns the forest. The bird that partakes of education owns the world.
Thank you for your interest in enrolling your child at our school. Please read the following information carefully before completing the online enrolment form. Enrolments will be processed once all supporting documents have been submitted.
Enrolment Process
2025 Enrolments
Complete an online enrolment form and send the supporting documents to admin@heaton.school.nz
2026 Enrolments will open in June
The board has determined that 60 places are likely to be available for out-of-zone students in Year 7, and 5 places are likely to be available in Year 8 in 2026. The exact number of places will depend on the number of applications received from students who live within the school’s home zone.
If the number of out-of-zone applications exceeds the number of places available, students will be selected by ballot. If a ballot is required, it will be held on (September date to be confirmed). Parents will be informed of the outcome of the ballot within three school days of the ballot being held.
- June- 2026 online enrolments open
- July- Open Day. Wednesday, 23 July 2025. A booking system will become available in June
- August- Enrolments close on Friday, 29 August
When are applications confirmed?
- In- Zone Applicants will receive confirmation of their enrolment within 7 days
- Out- of- Zone Applicants will receive confirmation that their application has been received via email. By the end of Term 3 applicants will be informed about whether a place in our school can be offered
What happens after enrolment is confirmed?
In Term 4 you will receive information about:
- opportunity for an interview with a member of our teaching staff to share information about your child
At the end of the year you will receive information about the start of the school year.
Enrolment Policy
At Heaton we operate a school zone enrolment policy which states:
Home Zone: The geographical area described in the scheme shall stand fast and shall operate as the school’s home zone, under section 11D of the Education Act 1989. All students who live within the home zone shall be entitled to enrol at the school.
Out of Zone Enrolments
Applications for enrolments will be processed in the following order of priority:
- First priority is not applicable at this school because the school does not run a special programme approved by the Secretary for Education.
- Second priority must be given to any applicant who is the sibling of a current student of the school.
- Third priority must be given to any student who is the sibling of a former student of the school.
- Fourth priority must be given to any applicant who is the child of a former student of the school.
- Fifth priority must be given to any applicant who is a child of an employee of the school’s board or a child of a member of the school’s board.
- Sixth priority must be given to all other applicants.
Before the application deadline associated with each pre-enrolment period, a Board must, by public notice in a medium appropriate to the area served by the school:
- confirm the already advertised dates for the receipt of applications and for the holding of the ballot.
- state the likely number of out of zone places that remain available.
If there are more applicants in any priority group than there are places available, selection within the priority group will be by ballot conducted in accordance with instructions by the Secretary, under Schedule 20, Clause 3 (1) of the Education and Training Act 2020. Parents will be informed of the date of any ballot by public notice in a medium appropriate to the area served by the school.
Applicants may be required to give proof of In Zone address, or proof to support their application if seeking enrolment under the Out of Zone priorities.
The guidelines for development and operation of enrolment schemes are issued under Schedule 20, Clause 3 (3) of the Education and Training Act 2020 for the purpose of describing the basis on which the Secretary’s powers in relation to enrolment schemes will be exercised.
